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Chapter 2. BIOS Setup
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his section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the BIOS
rmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The
information is then saved to CMOS RAM where the data is sustained by battery after
ower-down.
he BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial ports
d parallel ports. As well, the BIOS controls the first stage of the boot process, loading and
ecuting the operating system.
he PHOENIX-AWARD
TM
BIOS installed in your computer system’s ROM is a custom version of
industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports the BIOS of Intel
®
based processors.
document may vary slightly with the version installed in your
the computer, the BIOS version will appear at upper-left portion of
lug and Play Support
ersion 1.0A specification as well as
PM Support
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports Version 1.1 & 1.2 of the Advanced Power Management
PM) specification. These features include system sleep and suspend modes in addition to hard disk
d monitor sleep modes. Power management features are implemented using the System
anagement Interrupt (SMI).
CI Bus Support
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS also supports Version 2.2 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
terconnect) local bus specification.
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This version of the PHOENIX-AWARD
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BIOS includes additional features such as virus and
password protection as well as special configurations for fine-tuning the system chipset. The defaults
for the BIOS values contained in this
system. (Note: When you boot up
the POST screen.)
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This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Plug and Play V
ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write.
EPA Green PC Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification.
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